Updated Links on Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server and SMB 3.02
In this post, I'm providing a reference to the most relevant content related to Windows Server 2012 R2 that is related to the File Server, the SMB 3.02 features and its associated scenarios like...
View ArticleMicrosoft Partners with Oracle on Enterprise-grade Cloud Software and Services
Microsoft’s OS Cloud vision takes place on the back of great hardware, software, services and our partners. It isn’t enough to have the best server OS for file and print. You have to run other roles...
View ArticleOracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle’s Mission-critical Software and Microsoft’s...
For years Microsoft and Oracle have helped customers address enterprise technology needs, and during those years I’ve had the opportunity to personally partner with, compete with, and admire Oracle as...
View ArticleService Manager SP1 UR4 – Fixes
We are pleased to provide some insight on list of the UR4 contents that is going to be available in the next couple of weeks. The UR will consist of 16 fixes listed below (9 are new; 7 from the last...
View ArticleReplicating fixed disks to dynamic disks in Hyper-V Replica
A recent conversation with a hosting provider using Hyper-V Replica brought an interesting question to the fore. The hosting provider’s services were aimed primarily towards Small and Medium Businesses...
View ArticleWindows Azure Hybrid Cloud Book by Danny Garber, Jamal Malik and Adam Fazio
What is hybrid cloud or hybrid IT? Hybrid cloud is when you connect resources hosted on different clouds. Hybrid IT is a bit broader in its scope, because you can connect a traditional on-premises...
View ArticleVMQ Deep Dive, 2 of 3
Introduction In my last blog post of this series, ‘ VMQ Deep Dive, 1 of 3 ,’ I went into detail on why we implemented VMQ and how to view the VMQ settings on the adapter to verify that it was...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Successful deployment of Windows Updates do not appear in...
~ Winds Wu | Support EngineerWe’ve seen some confusion regarding the new Software Center in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager so I want to take a minute to explain what you should expect to see...
View ArticleProactive Datacenter Monitoring with System Center Advisor
Symon Perryman, Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist, was recently asked by the System Center Advisor team to help evangelize the new System Center cloud service called System Center Advisor. We are happy to...
View ArticleKB: Cumulative Update 3 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service...
This article describes the issues that are fixed and the functionality that is updated in Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1). This...
View ArticleKB: “Cannot obtain the value from this computer 0x80041002" error message...
After the Windows Intune service is upgraded to a new release, you may receive the following error message in the Windows Intune administrator console as the error message relates to the Endpoint...
View ArticleEnd of support for Java SE 6
If you’re running Java SE 6, we have some news for you: Oracle stopped providing public updates to it after February 2013. Enterprise customers will still have access to long term help through their...
View ArticleStorage Spaces: Understanding Storage Pool Expansion
If you’ve read my prior post about Storage Spaces, or about how to import a storage pool, then the discussion here will be a good addition. One of the clear advantages of using a storage pool is the...
View ArticleDuplicate Windows Folders
Hello my name is Shasank and today I am going to discuss a customer issue that we recently worked on where a customer reported that Windows Explorer was displaying two Windows directories and Windows...
View ArticleKB: The VMMService service crashes after you add an ESX or ESXi cluster
After you add an ESX or ESXi cluster to Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM 2012), the VMMService service crashes. Additionally, the following error is logged in the VMM debug...
View ArticleNew-SCSMAnnouncement –Title “Travis is joining Cireson”
Dear System Center/SCSM community – I want to let you know that I have accepted an opportunity to join Cireson as Partner, Director of Product Development. My last day at Microsoft will be this Friday...
View ArticleSystem Center Community/MVP Update
As many of you have probably seen today, I have announced my resignation from Microsoft to go to a System Center partner company. Friday will be my last official day at Microsoft, but I don’t plan on...
View ArticleInformation about SBS 2003 Product Support Lifecycle
[This post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary from Commercial Technical Support]This blogs post underlines the Product Support Lifecycle of the Windows Small Business Server 2003 and its...
View ArticleMevade and Sefnit: Stealthy click fraud
Recently Trojan:Win32/Mevade made news for being the first large botnet to use Tor to anonymize and hide its network traffic. Within a few weeks, starting mid-August, the number of directly connecting...
View ArticleReplicating Virtual Machines to Multiple Folders
Hyper-V Replica allows you to configure where replicated virtual machines will be stored. You can either choose to have all replicated virtual machines stored in a single location, or you can choose...
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